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I am not a hardcore gamer by any means. But there are a select few games that I want to be able to play for sure. My primary use for my laptop will be school but because I do not have/want a desktop I also confide in it for some entertainment. That being said I know the requirements have not been released for Diablo III but this is a game that I want to make sure my MBP can handle without being overkill. I've decided on a 15" but don't know if I should go with the high-end specs or if the low-end will suffice. Anyone with any insight or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I am in the same boat, but im actually interested in the 13 inch entry level. the only thing holding me back is the fact that im not sure if diablo 3 will play (low setting or medium) in the 13 inch... I am by no means a hardcore gamer but i LOVE diablo and want to make sure that i can play the game. You guys think diablo 3 will be playable on low or med in the 13 inch?

oh and im a switcher from pc to mac. sold my 14 inch envy with ssd for a mac and im praying that i didnt make the wrong move

Since Diablo III isn't out yet, I will base this on numbers. I have come to the conclusion that the lower 15 inch mbp will probably get low-mid with resolution lower down a bit and the higher end wil probably get mid-high with resolution lower. Just my two cents, results can subject to change when it is release.

I am in the same boat, but im actually interested in the 13 inch entry level. the only thing holding me back is the fact that im not sure if diablo 3 will play (low setting or medium) in the 13 inch... I am by no means a hardcore gamer but i LOVE diablo and want to make sure that i can play the game. You guys think diablo 3 will be playable on low or med in the 13 inch?

oh and im a switcher from pc to mac. sold my 14 inch envy with ssd for a mac and im praying that i didnt make the wrong move

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I am mostly sure it will play fine on the Intel HD 3000. This IGP is about (or maybe already has) to become a baseline standard for game developers because it sets a reasonable minimal graphics requirements of which virtually every future machine will be capable of. This was not possible earlier because old Intel IGPs were just too weak.

Anway, we are talking blizz here, and all modern Blizz games can be played on HD 3000. Diablo 3 won't be an exception.

I will post some next week when mine arrives, i went for the top 15" model.

I am currently using a 13" aluminium macbook from 2009(9400m chip). It plays starcraft2 decently at low or low/medium settings. WoW runs on medium as long as shadows and sun shafts are off.

I was surprised how well starcraft ran apart from obvisouly using worse textures. Blizzard are good at getting there games to at least run on a basic playable level on just about any hardware, it wont look amazing but you will be able to play it. I can only imagine diablo3 will be the same, it may look amazing on full settings but it will still be perfectly playable on low settings.

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